cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) (05/08/91)
Recently I've seen several advertisment for V.32bis/V.42bis modems
from forval for a rather decent (at least the educational) price.
These modems allow remote update of the modem software itself by a
simple phone call (Thus obviating the need for the constant
chip-swapping which seem to be the bane of the owners of highspeed
modems by other companies).
While I don't read every article in this group, I don't think there
has been any mention of them here yet. Does anyone have one of these ?
How good are they ? How well do they communicate with high-speed
modems of other manufacturers ? Could they be programmed to run one of
the various proprietary protocolls ?
Carl Edman
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"We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot
morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot
do." -- Auberon Herbert
Send mail to Carl Edman <cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu>jparnas@larouch.uucp (Jacob Parnas) (05/09/91)
In article <CEDMAN.91May7130945@lynx.ps.uci.edu>, cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) writes: |> |> Recently I've seen several advertisment for V.32bis/V.42bis modems |> from forval for a rather decent (at least the educational) price. My experience with Forval wasn't a pleasant one. They promised me the world and delivered nothing. They announced V.32bis well before anyone else (at least that I saw) in Data Communications magazine. I called them and they said the modems would be ready in a few weeks (this was last fall). I ordered a couple on evaluation and never got any. They also said they would have 19200/76800 baud support early 1991, but I haven't heard anything from them since last fall. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Jacob M. Parnas | DISCLAIMER: The above message is from | | IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. | me and is not from my employer. IBM | | Arpanet: jparnas@watson.ibm.com | might completely disagree with me. | | Bitnet: jparnas@yktvmx.bitnet \---------------------------------------| | Home: ..!uunet!bywater!acheron!larouch!jparnas | Phone: (914) 945-1635 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------